Autumn is my favorite time of year, despite the start of school. I love the cool crispness of the air, the scents of maple, apple, cinnamon, and caramel. And I love the rich warm hues of autumn most of all.
Image taken from zoya.com
Shark Week used to be the highlight of my summer, but that’s when Discovery used to show actual science instead of dramatizations of mythical creatures. Still, I love sharks, so I thought about using blue and grey as my manicure colors this week.
I took advantage of the recent Ling promotion, and my order arrived with a Fall catalog, in which this picture was featured.
Apologies for the cruddy cell phone pic
Oh. My. Goodness.
I think I need all three of these. I love fall collections – such rich colors!
What do you think? Are you salivating over these beautiful reds and purples?
So a million years ago, when Thor: The Dark World was coming out, I did this manicure.
Moping around Asgard in a snuggie: click here to read and see more
I recently watched the Guillermo Del Toro movie Mama. Once I stopped trying to hide my face in my dog’s tummy, I noticed that all the movies that creep me out most feature big-eyed waify pale ghosts with lots of wild dark hair. That’s a trope used so often it’s cliche now, but never fails to freak me out. I used to train martial arts, and sometimes worked with a skinny girl with long, dark hair that she used to let just hang over her face. Because I outranked her, she had to line up behind me, and although she was really a sweet young woman, I would catch her out of the corner of my eye and get creeped out, especially since I had recently watched The Ring. Poor kid.
I wanted to do something really elaborate for this week, but my skills (and patience) are limited, and whatever I do, simpler is best. So I decided to let the colors be beautiful and the manicure simple this week.
This one came out better than I expected! I was inspired by this tutorial by mrcandiipants to do a stippled flower design in orange.
Autumn is my favorite season. I’m lucky to live in New England, where the changing foliage is stunning and dramatic. Even on my daily commute to and from work over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed the previously green trees turning gorgeous shades of yellow, orange, red, and russet. I love the crisp bite to the morning air. Apples are my favorite fruit, caramel my favorite candy, and Halloween my favorite holiday. And the fall collections of nail polish are some of my favorite colors!
Ok, so trying to get back on track with my posts, here’s my themed mani from a few weeks ago. I am really, really bad at camouflage, which seems strange since it’s just squiggly, random lines, but there you go. Ugh. I must have spent about four hours trying to get this right, including dying time. Bleh. After this, I went out and bought a nail wheel for practice. 😀
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